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A' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB PULVER WRIGHT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPO- RATION OF ILLINOIS.

MATCH-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,195, dated March 29, 1904. Application filed February 28, 1899. Renewed lgul 13, 1903. Serial No. 169,535. (No model.)

T @u w/wm t "my @070067701 528,457, issued October 30, 1894:, and consists Be it known th'at I, J AooB PULvER WRIGHT, of plates A and A, adjoining ones of which 5o OfNewHaven,inthe county ofNew Haven,and are hinged together at their edges and each in the State of Connecticut, have invented cerplate being provided with parallel transverse tain new and useful Improvements in Matchrows of holes or perforations t and a, each of Making Machines; and I do hereby declare j which is adapted to receive one end of a splint that the following is. a full, clear, and exact thrust into it, and thus hold the splint so that 5 5 description thereof, reference being had to the it may be carried to the various treating deaccompanying drawings, in which. vices by which the match is made. It is de- IO Figure l is a view showing in ver sired that the splints shall stand or project from the carrier-plates at a right angle, so

tion a portion of a match-machine embodying my invention, such portion including a secthat the splints will be perfectly parallel with 6o tion of the splint carrier or chain and the .comeach other, with their free ends spaced uniform distances apart, so that when the composition-applying mechanism; Fig; 2, Va ver- Y tical section on line .fr of Fig. l; Fig.-3, position is applied to said ends adjacent splint ends-will' not be near enough for a mass or a top plan view of the composition-applying mechanism with portions above the splint quantity of composition to bridge or reach 65 across between and unite them. It sometimes evening and applying roll removed; and Fig.

happens, however, that the splints when 4 is a detail view, on a larger scale, of a portion of said roll. thrust inthe holes are not left at right angles Letters of like'name and kind refer to like to the plate, but stand away, with the result parts in each of the iigures. thatthe free ends of adjoining splints of the 7o The object of my invention is to improve same row are too close together. To remedy the construction of match-makingm'achines such a condition' as this I'employ a roll B, so as to insure the separation and even spac-z which is preferably the composition-applying ing of the splints held in the carrier in order roll, mounted'with its axis crosswise of the that the formation of double7 heads or the carrier and having a series of annular or cir- 75 connection of the ends of adjacent splints by` cumferential ridges or ribs b and Z). Prefera mass of composition can be prevented and' ably said ridges or ribs are formed by annular or `circumferential grooves or channels in also that there shall be the uniform application of composition to the splints and the the periphery of the roll, the adjacent grooves `being placed with their sides, close together, 8o

but not quite touching, so'that the apex of proper quantity on each; and to these ends said invention consists in the mechanism havthe ridge formed by the two grooves is not sharp, but blunt. The grooves are so situated ing the features of construction substantially relative to the holes or perforations in the as hereinafter specified. My invention4 is applicable to any type of match-machine in which the splints areplaced carrier-plate lthat parallel planes extending 8 5 longitudinally of the plate, passing through the centers of the holes of a transverse row,

for dipping in a carrier having any construction by which the splints are carried projectpass each through the center of the bottom of one of the grooves. Preferably each groove 40 ing. in'parallel rows, and while I shall show it as arranged foruse with the familiar type of is semicircular in cross-section, so that the opposite sides of each rib or ridge, though machine in which such carrier consists of an slightly concave, slope or incline toward the endless chain formed of perforated plates hinged together it is to be understood that I bottoms of the grooves at the respective sides of the ridge or rib, each side of thevrib thus 45 do not restrict the invention to use with such having such formation that it will engage the a carrier. j

The splint-carrier that I show is similar to end of acrooked or displaced splint and easily the one shown in United States Patent No.

and gently press it laterally to the desired position. The bottom of the groove being a round full concave surface, there is no dan.- ger of the end of the splint being jammed or pinched between two ridges or ribs.

The use of the composition-roll to separate and even the splints is desirable, because one roll is thus made to perform two functions, and it is made certain that at the time the composition is applied the splints are in precisely the right position to receive the composition. Moreover, it is an advantage to have the composition-applying roll provided with the circumferential grooves, for 4as each groove is illed with composition it is made certain that there shall be an ample quantity for the ends of the splints. These grooves are especially desirable in machines in which the composition-roll is revolved slowly, for with a slowly-revolving roll having a smooth or even periphery it is dificult to insure the carrying up to the splints of enough composition.

The roll B is shown as mounted in a vat C of the same construction as that shown in the hereinbefore-referred-to Patent No. 528,457, and the mechanism for revolving said roll and that for supporting and guiding the carrier over the roll are the same as the like mechanisms in said patent, and therefore need not be described herein.

For preventing the clogging or filling of the grooves in the roll by hardened composition a scraper D is employed, that is supported in a position parallel with the roll and has an edge shaped to correspond with and it the surface formation of the roll. Said scraper as the roll revolves will clear out of the grooves the composition contained therein, so that after passing the scraper the grooves can fill with a fresh supply from the vat.

It is to be understood that though I prefer the ridged or ribbed splint-evening roll placed in the composition-vat and serving also as the composition-applying roll it may be located elsewhere, and I also wish it to be understood that though the roll shown has circumferential or annular ribs or ridges to separate and straighten splints of the transverse rows it will be within the scope of my invention to use ribs or ridges to separate and straighten the splints in rows longitudinal of the carrier, the ribs or ridges in this case being placed not circumferentially, but longitudinally, of the roll.

The roll is given such a position relative to the carrier where the latter passes above it that the bottoms of the grooves between the ribs and I) at the top of the roll are a distance from the bottom of the carrier the same as the distance it is desired that the lower ends of the splints shall be from the carrierbottom, and hence if any splints project too far beneath the carrier the roll will engage and lift them until they are in the desired position and all splints as they pass over the roll and receive the composition therefrom project an even and uniform distance from the carrier. Thus the roll not only separates and straightens the splints by moving them laterally or sidewise, but evens them by moving any longitudinally that project too far from the carrier.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. In combination with a splint carrier, adapted to receive and hold splints in a series of rows, a roll to adjust the splints in the carrier having a series of circumferential ribs with inclined, splint-end-engaging sides projecting into the spaces between the rows of splints, so as to move over into line with the respective rows any splint ends which maybe out of line with such rows,'substantially as and for the purpose described. l

2. In combination with a movable splintcarrier, adapted to receive and hold splints in a series of rows, aroll having aseries of splintend-engaging circumferential ribs-or ridges with inclined sides projecting into the spaces between the rows of splints, and means for rotating the roll, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In combination ywith a splint carrier, adapted to receive and hold splints in a series of rows, splint-evening means comprising for each row oppositely-inclined, inwardly-converging surfaces adapted and situated to engage misplaced splints of the row, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In combination with a splint carrier, adapted to receive and hold splints in a series of rows, a splint-evener having a plurality of sets of oppositely-inclined inwardly-converging surfaces, each set being adapted and situated to engage misplaced splints of a row, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In combination with a splint carrier, adapted to receive and hold splints in a series of rows, a splint-evener comprising a roll having oppositely-inclined surfaces adapted and situated to engage misplaced splints of a row, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. In combination with a splint carrier, adapted to receive and hold splints in a series of rows, a splint-evener comprising a roll having a series of ribs with inclined sides, the ribs being situated so as to enter the spaces between the ends of splints of adjacent rows, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. In combination with a splint carrier, adapted to engage limited portions ofl splints, a splint-evening device having a series of ribs or ridges, each having oppositely-inclined, inwardly-diverging surfaces adapted and situated to engage the ends of misplaced splints, substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. In combination with a splint carrier adapted to receive and hold splints in rows, a

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splint-evener having for each row', inwardlyconverging surfaces inclined toward opposite sides of the path of travel of the splints of a row, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

9. In combination with a movable splintcarrier, adapted to receive and hold the splints in a series of rows, a splint-evener consisting of a rotating roll having grooves with inclined sides into which the splints on the carrier project, such grooves being so situated, with reference to the carrier, that their inclined sides will engageand straighten any misplaced splints having their ends standing to one side or the other of the lines of their respective rows, and, as the splints pass over the roll, the lower portions of the grooves will engage and push up into place any splints whose lower ends are standing below the level of such lower portions of the grooves before the movement of the carrier brings the splints to the roll, substantially as and for the purpose described.

10. In combination witha movable splintcarrier, adapted to receive and hold the splints in a series of rows, a composition-vat containing composition to be applied to the ends of the splints as the carrier moves along, a roll` rotating in the vat and adapted to take composition therefrom and apply it .to the splint ends, having a series of grooves, one for each row of splints, with oppositely-inclined sides, so situated, that the ends of the splints carried by the carrier to and past the roll, will project down into the grooves thereof and be in contact with the lower portions of the grooves, as the splints are brought over the axis of the roll, and any splints extending with their ends below a certain level, before they reach the roll, will be engaged and pushed up by the roll as the carrier brings them to and over the latter, substantially as and for the purpose described.

- In testimonythat have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of February, A. D. 1899;

JACOB PULVER WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

TOM A. PALMER, B. C. Ross.

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